Hills in North East India A portion in the lower Himalayan mountains range is known as Assam Himalaya between the border of Bhutan and the Great Bend of the Tsangpo River. Yarlung Tsangpo River originates from Lake Manasarovar in Mount Kailash and known Read More ……
Inter tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and Equatorial Currents
Inter tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and Equatorial Currents The tropical ocean encompasses broad areas of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean basins and is closely linked to the tropical atmosphere. Trade Winds:- The prevailing surface winds over the Read More ……
What is Lok Sabha or The House of People
What is Lok Sabha or The House of People ? The Lok Sabha or The House of People is the Lower House of Indian Parliament. The members are directly elected to the House. Under the Constitution, the maximum strength Read More ……
Swaraj Party and No Changers
Swaraj Party and No Changers After Gandhi’s arrest (March 1922) and suspension of the non-cooperation movement (After the Chauri Chaura incident ), there was disintegration, disorganisation and demoralisation among nationalists and debate started among Congressmen on what to do during the transition Read More ……
Bombay Plan
Bombay Plan The Bombay Plan is the name commonly given to a World War II-era set of proposals the development of the post-independence economy of India. The plan, published in 1944/1945 by eight leading Indian industrialists, Proposed state intervention in the economic development of the nation after independence. Read More ……
Aryabhatta
Aryabhatta Aryabhatta was a fifth century mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and physicist. He was also a pioneer in the field of mathematics. He wrote Aryabhattiya, which is a summary of mathematics of his time. It has four sections. In the first section he describes Read More ……
Peasant Movements in India -Notes
Peasant Movements in India-Notes Under colonialism, Indian peasantry was impoverished and suffered from variety of problems like high rents, arbitrary evictions, illegal tax levies and unpaid labour in zamindari regions. Eventually, the peasants started to resist this exploitation Read More ……
Tebhaga Movement
Tebhaga Movement Tebhaga literally means ‘three shares’ of harvests. The Tebhaga movement was the sharecroppers (tenants)‘ movement Tenants were demanding two thirds of the produce from land for themselves and one third for the landlords. Basically from this principle demand the Read More ……
Butler Committee or Indian States Committee
Butler Committee or Indian States Committee During the British Rule in the 1930’s extent of sovereignty of the Paramount power were not yet settled properly, so, relations between Indian Princes and the crown were not well defined. which resulted Read More ……
Mangroves in India
Mangroves in India The word “Mangrove” is considered to be a combination of the Portuguese word “Mangue” and the English word “grove”. Mangroves are salt-tolerant plants of tropical and subtropical intertidal regions of the world. The specific regions Read More ……